Author's Preface (1841)
Dickens explains his intent to show 'the principle of Good surviving through every adverse circumstance.'
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From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The novel's central moral allegory--Oliver as 'the principle of Good' tested against environmental evil--is announced by Dickens in his preface and embodied throughout.
Chapter 18
Fagin's deliberate attempts to corrupt Oliver through isolation and storytelling.
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